Wire-fastener



PATENT Erice.

' SAMUEL METZLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettere Patent No. 354,801, dated December 21,1886.

Application filed August 11, 1886. Serial No. 210.633. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL ME'rZLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ghicago, in the county of Cook, and the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement for Barbed-Wire Fasteners for Iron Fence-Posts, of which the following is so full, clear, and exact a description as will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective of a fence-post provided wit-h my fastening device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the saine. Fig. 3 is a front view of apost provided with my improved fastener, showing the manner in which it is locked and held in place. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the fastener and the wedge. Fig. 5 is amodification of my device, showing the hook portion extending both above and below the plane of the side pieces of the fasten- Ing.

The object of my invention is to providea simple and efficient wire-fastening for holding wire in place on fences. The construction herein shown is designed especially for an oval iron post; but it is quite obvious that it would fit other shapes as well, and may also be used in connection with a wooden post, if neceswhich is adapted to receive and accommodate.

a locking-wedge to hold the wire-fastener in any position on the post. The locking-ring is held in place by a wedge, B, which is adapted to be driven down between the post and the ring to hold the ring in position.

The wire c is adapted to be stretched across the upper portion of the ring just back of the hook D, which is at the end of the ring which is opposite the guides a a. The inner face of the hook D is slightly curved vertically; but its inner face is straight horizontally. The slight vertical curve formsa space, d, between the outer hook portion, D, and the post E. W'hen the wire is put in position and the ring is locked at any point on the post by the wedge B, the guides aa, which extend Aboth above and bel'ow the fastening-ring, prevent the fastener from becoming twisted or turned on the post, and keep it always in an upright and firm position. If it were not for these guides the holder would be liable to twist or turn and eventually work loose on the pole and slip down, and it is to avoid this that I have enon .the other side of the ring as l have done,

and

What I therefore. claim is* v y 1., A wire-fastener for picket fences, which consists of a ring provided with a hook at one end, which hook extends both above and below the plane of the sides of the ring, and guide-pieces at the other end or .side of the ring, in combination with a wedge to`secure the fastener in any desired position on afence-post, as set forth.

2. In a fastening for wires on a wire fence, the combination of the ring provided with the guides a a, extending beyond the planeof the edges of the ring, both above and below its edges, the hook D, and the wedge Bjall constructed and combined to operate substantiall y as and for the purposes specied.

3. The herein-described fastener for wire fences, which consists of a ring provided with a hook at one end for supporting the wire, and a pair of guides at the opposite end, the ends of which guides extend both above and below the plane of the horizontal faces of the fastener and -prevent the fastener from being accidentally turned or twisted on the post,- substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set mv hand in the presence of two subseribing witnesses.

SAMUEL ME'IZLER.

Witnesses:

O. G. GUDMUNDsoN, JOHN BLOM. 

